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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

835 AM CDT SUN OCT 3 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN GAINES COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS

  NORTHERN ANDREWS COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 1130 AM CDT



* AT 834 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED

  FLASH FLOOD PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE GAINES AND ANDREWS

  COUNTY LINE FROM 14 MILES SOUTH OF SEMINOLE TO 5 MILES EAST OF

  THE INTERSECTION OF FARM TO MARKET ROAD 1788 AND THE GAINES

  AND ANDREWS COUNTY LINE.  



WITH ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TRACKING ACROSS THIS SAME 

AREA DURING THE NEXT TWO HOURS...FLASH FLOODING ALONG HIGHWAY 385 

AND ALONG FARM TO MARKET ROAD 1788 IS EXPECTED.  FLASH FLOODING OF 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND 

ARROYOS...AND LOW LYING FARMLAND IS LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS 

FLOODED ROADS.



MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE...AND MANY OCCUR WHEN MOTORISTS

DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. IT IS NEVER SAFE TO DRIVE ON FLOODED

ROADS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY

AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN.



TO REPORT FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL

WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.



LAT...LON 3232 10223 3232 10304 3273 10303 3272 10222



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